As of 2023, 65 Nobel Prizes and the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to 64 women.[1][3] Unique Nobel Prize laureates include 894 men, 64 women, and 27 organizations.[4] nineteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize (16.3% of 110 awarded);[5] seventeen have won the Nobel Prize in Literature (14.28% of 119 awarded);[6] thirteen have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (5.6% of 230 awarded);[7] eight have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (4.1% of 191 awarded);[8] five have won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1.8% of 224 awarded);[9] and three (Elinor Ostrom, Esther Duflo and Claudia Goldin) have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2.17% of 92 awarded).[10] The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel.[11][12] Curie is also the first person and the only woman to have won multiple Nobel Prizes; in 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Curie's daughter, Irène Joliot-Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935, making the two the only mother–daughter pair to have won Nobel Prizes[11] and of Pierre and Irène Curie the only father-daughter pair to have won Nobel Prizes by the same occasion, whilst there are 6 father-son pairs who have won Nobel Prizes by comparison.[13] The most Nobel Prizes awarded to women in a single year was in 2009, when five women became laureates in four categories. The most recent women to be awarded a Nobel Prize were Claudia Goldin in Economics, Narges Mohammadi for Peace, Anne L'Huillier in Physics and Katalin Karikó in Physiology or Medicine (2023), Annie Ernaux in Literature and Carolyn R. Bertozzi for Chemistry (2022), Maria Ressa for Peace (2021), Louise Glück in Literature, Andrea M. Ghez in Physics, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna in Chemistry (2020), and Esther Duflo in Economics (2019). "for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances"[33] "for the development of a method for genome editing."[36] "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings."[38] "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general."[39] "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages."[40] "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces."[41] "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world."[42] "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity."[44] "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality."[45] "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality."[46] "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power."[47] "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny."[48] "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."[49] "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."[51] "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life."[52] "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."[53] "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory."[54] "for her audacity to oppose the horrors of war."[55] "for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland."[58] "for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity."[59] "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights."[61] "in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples."[62] "for her efforts for democracy and human rights, focusing especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children."[64] "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace."[65] "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."[66] "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all."[70] "for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes"[73] ^ Vereckey, Betsy (March 15, 2022). 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